Register at TOML.eventbrite.com for town events. Feb. 28 Coffee with a Cop. Come enjoy a coffee and a chat with officers from the Miami-Dade Police Dept.’s Miami Lakes Division. McDonald’s, 7435 Miami Lakes Drive. 8:30 a.m. Free.  Feb. 29 HELP (Health Emergency Life Protection) Class Miami-Dade Fire Rescue teaches basic lifesaving skills such as adult and pediatric, hands-only CPR; early stroke recognition;...

      Rosa Nell Hammer, 104, braved the wind off Graham Dairy Lake to see town officials dedicate her new street sign on Montrose Road.       She thanked them as well as neighbors and friends of many decades during the ceremony on Feb. 12.       “Today is so special in our community,” Mayor Manny Cid said. “We’re honoring the jewel of our...

      Ambrosio Hernandez of Miami Lakes and anchor of Univision Ch-23’s “Noticias 23” newscast and Reporter Tayhana Garcia brought their lights, microphones and cameras to broadcast live at 6 p.m. from downtown Miami Lakes on Feb. 6.      The episode had segments about blasting that happens during limestone mining. Residents Abel Fernandez and Hope Reynolds said during...

Felicia Salazar District Aide for Fla. Rep. Tom Fabricio, R-Miami Lakes,  Chair, Cultural Affairs Committee Miami Lakes      “I will spend it like any other regular workday,” Felicia Salazar wrote in an email. “Also, it would have been my godfather’s birthday, so I will have him in my thoughts and prayers.” Miguel Martinez  Architect, Chair, Blasting Advisory...

      Bacon the Chihuahua is named for one of his favorite foods. The way he dived for a piece of pork that had fallen to the floor when he was a puppy inspired owner Chu Diaz to name him after the treat.       Bacon almost didn’t live 11 years. He was struck by a car when he was 4-years-old but survived.       “He was born again,” Diaz said of his pup. Diaz is a radio...